Evolution from water to land led to better parenting
Credit: John P. Clare The evolution of aquatic creatures to start living on land made them into more attentive parents, ...
Tag: Biodiversity
How much nature is lost due to higher yields?
UFZ study reveals link between increasing yields and biodiversityCredit: UFZ Around 80 percent of land area in Europe is used ...
New research about biodiversity reveals the importance of climate on today’s abundance of life
BIODIVERSITY Natural history museum paleontologists in Copenhagen and Helsinki have succeeded in mapping historical biodiversity in unprecedented detail. For the ...
Plant diversity increases insect diversity
Credit: Alex Fergus The more plant species live in grasslands and forests, the more insect species find a habitat there. ...
Astro-ecology: Counting orangutans using star-spotting technology
A collaboration between astrophysicists, conservationists and ecologists aims to save rare and endangered animals A ground-breaking scientific collaboration is harnessing ...
New pathways for sustainable agriculture
Credit: (Photos: Matthias Tschumi) Hedges, flowering strips and other seminatural habitats provide food and nesting places for insects and birds ...
New commentary on the famous ‘Warning to Humanity’ paper brings up global inequalities
Dubbed as 'the most talked about paper', the cautionary publication is suggested to have omitted a non-western view on inequality ...
Banned pesticides in Europe’s rivers
Credit: Jonathan Panduro Findalen/Greenpeace Tests of Europe's rivers and canals have revealed more than 100 pesticides - including 24 that ...
Australian Murray River habitat restoration increases native fish populations
Credit: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.1882 Dubbed the 'honeypot effect' -- a team of scientists from around Australia have shown that providing woody habitat, ...
Manganese nodules: Desired mineral resource and important habitat
The JPIO project MiningImpact investigates deep-sea ecosystems in the central Pacific OceanCredit: Steffen Niemann The area to be investigated by ...
Rainforest conservation in Peru must become more effective
Study by the University of Bonn shows how the effectiveness of the National Forest Conservation Program could be increasedCredit: © ...
Novel Hawaiian communities operate similarly to native ecosystems
Credit: Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, it is possible to stand in a lush tropical forest that ...
Ecological Society of America announces 2019 Fellows
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2019 Fellows. The Society's fellowship program recognizes the many ...
Compass orientation of a migratory bat species depends on sunset direction
Credit: Christian Giese Whether it is bats, wildebeest or whales, millions of mammals move over thousands of kilometres each year. ...
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